Fozzie Bear | Muppet Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Bonnie Erikson builder Fozzie Bear is The Muppet Show's resident comedian. He's an orange-brown, fuzzy Muppet bear who tells bad jokes, usually punctuated with his catchphrase laugh , "Wocka wocka wocka!" Fozzie's best friend is Kermit the Frog , although they occasionally have differences of opinion. During the first season of The Muppet Show, Fozzie's monologues usually consisted of Fozzie telling simple setup/punchline jokes, while being heckled by his mother's old friends, Statler and Waldorf . After the first season, most of his monologues relied on gimmicks such as telling jokes on roller skates. A common schtick in many episodes is that Fozzie would attempt to imitate the guest star's most famous act to attempt to emulate their success, only to comically fail completely at the attempt. For instance, Edgar Bergen inspired him to try ventriloquism while stage magician Doug Henning inadvertently convinced Fozzie to try his hand at being a magician.

In Jim Henson: The Works , Christopher Finch wrote: "One of the biggest problems [with the first season] was with Fozzie Bear. Fozzie was crucial to The Muppet Show because he was conceived as Frank Oz 's main character, and the success of the show would depend to a significant degree on Frank having the opportunity to display the full range of his virtuoso performance and comedic skills. "It was logical to have a comedian as a primary character on The Muppet Show, particularly once the Muppet Theater had been established as its basic setting. And given the spirit of the Muppets, it was almost inevitable that he would be a bad comedian. The problem with Fozzie was that his bad jokes and failure to win over an audience provoked more embarrassment than sympathy. For instance in episode 122 , Fozzie gets so fed up with the heckling that he demands everyone but true Fozzie fans leave the auditorium. As a result, the seats are left completely empty; even Fozzie's own cousin leaves; Fozzie departs the stage almost in tears. " Jerry Juhl and Frank Oz gradually transformed Fozzie by building up the positive aspects of his personality.

They allowed his perpetual optimism to offset his onstage failures until he became a more rounded character. Fozzie's virtues ultimately made his ineptness acceptable -- and even endearing. So successful was this metamorphosis that he became one of the most popular of all the Muppets." As Brian Henson notes in a generic Muppet Show introduction , "Fozzie is always telling terrible jokes, but he's just trying so hard you've got to love him." Contents Fozzie's family in Fozzie's Big Worry . As an infant, like many of the Muppets, Fozzie was under the care of Nanny (as seen in Muppet Babies ). Fozzie's mother however kept some early home videos of Fozzie and the other Muppets, as shown in A Muppet Family Christmas . As a kid , Fozzie was raised by his mom and dad , along with his baby brother Freddie . Fozzie grew up right next door to his best friend Kermit and often spent time with his grandpa . Even as a baby, Fozzie always had an interest in becoming a comedian.

Fozzie remarked at the 2009 D23 Expo that he understudied at the Country Bear Jamboree. Fozzie became a stand-up comic at the El Sleezo Cafe , where Kermit invited him to come to Hollywood to become famous. Fozzie took his uncle's car, which was left to him while his uncle hibernated, and the pair set out for California. However, if Fozzie had never met Kermit , he would have ended up becoming a skilled pick-pocket (so good that he could pick the pocket of someone without pants). However, according to The Great Muppet Caper , Fozzie and Kermit are identical twin brothers and share the same father . Family Fozzie's mother is Emily Bear . Fozzie has a cousin (who looks just like him) who appeared on The Muppet Show, but apparently he has no more respect for his relative's talent than anyone else. Fozzie also mentioned an uncle in The Muppet Movie . Family Members A.

Bearham Lincoln -- unknown ancestor ( SiriusXM " The SiriusXM Hits 1 Morning Mash Up ") Fozzie and Kermit Since the early days of The Muppet Show, Fozzie has often interacted with Kermit. Fozzie got Kermit to reluctantly assist him for one of his best-known monologues, "Good Grief! The Comedian's a Bear!", and has also had quite a bit of interaction with Kermit backstage. In episode 115 , Fozzie constantly annoyed Kermit with a running gag, delivering a number of pun items, such as a "wire" and a "letter" for Kermit the Frog which turned out to be a clothes wire and the letter R , respectively. In episode 114 , Fozzie performed the supposedly famous "Banana Sketch." When Kermit confessed that he didn't know what "The Banana Sketch" was, the cast and guest star Sandy Duncan teased him for his ignorance. Kermit and Fozzie have also frequently been paired together in countless movies, books, and specials. In The Muppet Movie , Fozzie was the first Muppet Kermit met on his journey.

After Fozzie's unsuccessful comedy performance at the El Sleezo Cafe , Kermit invited Fozzie to come to Hollywood with him. The two friends sang the duet " Movin' Right Along " in the same film. Fozzie and Rowlf Fozzie was also frequently teamed up with Rowlf , beginning in episode 101 of The Muppet Show, in which Fozzie played a bandit opposite Rowlf's saloon piano playing hero in the Western sketch " Cowboy Time ." Fozzie also appeared as a patient in two Veterinarian's Hospital sketches, in which Rowlf starred as Dr. Bob . In episode 218 , Rowlf learned that Fozzie could play the piano (a talent Fozzie didn't know he had, either), and they played a duet of " English Country Garden ." Rowlf has also played back-up to Fozzie's renditions of " Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me) " and " I Got Rhythm ." During the latter number, Rowlf attempted to help Fozzie with his singing.

The young incarnations of Fozzie and Rowlf were also frequently paired together on Muppet Babies . Fozzie's Showbiz Associates Fozzie's agent, introduced in episode 122 of The Muppet Show, is Irving Bizarre , who is so short that his top hat covers most of his body. Fozzie also has a hired writer, Gags Beasley , who was first mentioned in Episode 114 . Fozzie and Gags have a deal, whereby Fozzie pays his writer by the laugh. According to Frank Oz, "[Fozzie] can't afford good joke writers, and he can't write good jokes himself." [1] Other Talents Fozzie's wardrobe consists of a tie and a brown porkpie hat, as seen in a photo posted to his Facebook account. While the tie is almost always white with pink polka-dots, he has changed this up on occasion: he wore black when meeting Becky 's parents in " Pig Girls Don't Cry ", and blue when attending Jay Leno 's house party in " Hostile Makeover ".

Although Fozzie's main job on The Muppet Show is to be the stand-up comedian, he takes on the occasional dramatic role and often assists backstage. He appears in sketches with guest stars Avery Schreiber and Nancy Walker , and he also appears in the recurring sketch Bear on Patrol . In episode 201 , Kermit let Fozzie help plan the show. His abilities in doing so earned him the title of "Honorary Hip Dude" from the Electric Mayhem band. Sadly, his planning also later lost him that title. Then, when Kermit becomes sick in episode 206 , Fozzie is put in charge of hosting the show, which proves quite taxing for the bear. Fozzie had also made an attempt to write for the show in episode 314 when he decided that the show needed a script. Unfortunately, Fozzie is either a bad speller or a bad typist (or both), as Kermit found it difficult to read the introductions that Fozzie wrote for him. Fozzie later admitted that he was a bad speller when he wrote the word "Muffets" as part of the title card for The Muppets Go to the Movies .

Later Appearances Fozzie Bear hosted a recurring segment on Little Muppet Monsters , called "Fozzie's Comedy Corner", in which he discussed certain jokes, mainly those involving chickens. Fozzie Bear only appeared in a handful of episodes of The Jim Henson Hour . One of his most notable appearances was in the Monster Telethon episode, in which Fozzie decided to give up comedy and become a weather bear. He went to the set of The Today Show to get some tips from the show's weatherman, Willard Scott , only to inadvertently lock Scott in a closet. With Scott locked in the closet, Fozzie came on-stage to report the weather, but had trouble reporting, and went back to comedy. During the early 1990s, Fozzie appeared less frequently, usually in supporting roles and often wearing a wig. In The Muppet Christmas Carol , he made a cameo appearance as Scrooge 's employer Fozziwig . Shortly afterward, he appeared in one sketch in Muppet Classic Theater , portraying the title character in The Emperor's New Clothes.

In Muppet Treasure Island , he had a more substantial role as Squire Trelawney , who financed the voyage and hired the crew, based on Long John Silver 's suggestions. In this movie, Fozzie's character referred to and often spoke to a tiny man named Mr. Bimbo , who lived inside his finger. On Muppets Tonight , Fozzie made quite a few appearances, but was less integral to the series, with most of his appearances being in sketch roles. He appeared with Kermit and Billy Crystal in a sketch called City Schtickers, with John Goodman and Miss Piggy in a Honeymooners parody called The Lunar Mooners, and in a recurring sketch called EIEIO-R , portraying a doctor who told jokes, similar to Rowlf's role as Dr. Bob . Fozzie's only backstage appearances were in episode 109 , in which he watched one of Whoopi Goldberg 's acts and wrote down some of her jokes, and in episode 204 where he helped cheer up guest star Pierce Brosnan . Back in the Spotlight Fozzie Bear as the Cowardly Lion. An original Fozzie puppet, donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 2013.

Fozzie became more of a primary character again in Muppets from Space . He was part of the main cast and was the one who drove the Electric Mayhem Bus. He also got to work with Kermit again, reviving a pairing which had been absent for most of the 1990s. He was also a significant presence in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie , which was Eric Jacobson's first major performance as Fozzie. Unlike many of his 1990s appearances, in which Fozzie was written as a rather dim-witted bear, he was depicted as more intelligent again, with humor coming from his devotion to the other Muppets. When Pepe the King Prawn revealed that Rachel Bitterman changed the contract for payment of the Muppet Theater , Fozzie chose to cancel his big Christmas monologue in order to hand-deliver a payment, in an attempt to save the theater. Later in the film, when Kermit saw what life would have been like if he hadn't been born, it was revealed that the Fozzie Bear of the Kermit-free world would've become a pickpocket.

Shortly afterward, Fozzie would have a major role as The Cowardly Lion in The Muppets Wizard of Oz , and he got his own track, " North Pole Comedy Club ", in A Green and Red Christmas . Fozzie is a main character in The Muppets , performing with The Moopets , a Muppet tribute band in Reno, until he's reunited with Kermit. In Muppets Most Wanted , Fozzie is one of three Muppets to first discover that Kermit has been replaced by Constantine . In The Muppets , Fozzie works as Miss Piggy's sidekick and warm-up act on Up Late with Miss Piggy and is dating a human woman named Becky . Performing Fozzie Fozzie's cheeks help show his emotional state when Jay Leno finds out he's been stealing from him in " Episode 102: Hostile Makeover ". In the two pilot episodes of The Muppet Show Fozzie had a mechanism which allowed his cheeks to move. During the remainder of the first season, Fozzie was a bit plumper and had ears that wiggled.

The later versions of the puppet had less control over the cheeks, but they still contained a mechanism that would alter their angle depending on the position of his lower jaw: an underbite results in a grin while pulling the jaw in produces a frown. Fozzie was rebuilt for the second season of The Muppet Show; he was given a brighter orange hue, a tighter overall design, and a less "dopey" appearance. A special mechanism allowed his eyebrows to move, but the effect was barely noticeable, especially when he wore his hat. This eyebrow feature was removed when he was replaced with yet another puppet, just seven episodes into the second season. Fozzie Bear Waka! Waka! - YouTube Fozzie Bear Waka! Waka! Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 31, 2011 Category Wocka wocka! Deconstructing the fascinating lingo of the Muppets. Wocka wocka!

Deconstructing the fascinating lingo of the Muppets. Angela Tung 10 things you need to know today Today's best articles The week's best photojournalism Daily business briefing Forty years ago this month, The Muppet Show debuted . Since then, whole generations have grown up with Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, the Swedish Chef, and thousands more. But while you probably know your Muppets, do you know your Muppet lingo? Check out the 12 terms below and find out. antron fleece While Henson's early creations were made from hard materials such as papier-mache, says How Stuff Works , he later chose softer materials that would allow for more facial expressions. One of those materials was antron fleece , that fuzzy-looking Muppet skin, also known as Muppet fleece. Antron fleece seems to have been created by the DuPont chemical company. The Antron brand was sold in 2004 to Koch Industries , along with Lycra, Dacron, and others. Børk! Børk! Børk! Børk! Børk! Børk! is the last line of the Swedish Chef 's signature song.

The phrase, and everything this particular chaos Muppet says, is mock Swedish. (The Muppet wiki points out that the letter ø actually doesn't exist in Swedish and that it should be ö.) Slate asked real Swedish people what they thought of the chef's gibberish. Some responded that it sounded more Norwegian than Swedish, although one Swedish linguist thought his accent could have easily been either. full-bodied Muppet Think Big Bird , Mr. Snuffleupagus , and the Gorgs . Full-bodied Muppets are Muppeteers in what are essentially Muppet suits. In the case of eight-foot two-inch tall Big Bird, the operator wears shoes with five-inch heels and raises his right hand above his head to maneuver Big Bird's mouth. His left hand works Big Bird's left arm, while a wire attached to the left works Big Bird's right. As for "Snuffy," it takes two people to work the costume, one for the front and voice, and one for the back. hand-and-rod In a hand-and-rod Muppet, the Muppeteer works the head of the Muppet with one hand and the arms of the Muppet by way of two rods with the other.

Grover and Kermit are both examples of hand-and-rod Muppets. How Stuff Works says most Muppets are left-handed "because the Muppeteer's right hand is busy operating the head." Henson stitch The Henson stitch was invented by Muppet designer and builder Don Sahlin and named, by Sahlin, for Jim Henson. This blind stitch , paired with a "fuzzy pile of antron fleece," says How Stuff Works , "makes stitches virtually disappear," which is handy for television close-ups. For example, audiences at home never see the stitch running right down Kermit's nose. Magic Triangle The Magic Triangle was also invented by Don Sahlin, and refers to the shape created by the perfect placement of a Muppet's eyes and nose. Such placement gives the Muppet "focus and character." Other magical and mysterious triangles include the Bermuda Triangle and the golden triangle in mathematics. A magical-in-a-different way triangle is the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia, three countries that make up one of Asia's main opium-growing regions.

Muppet Henson coined the word Muppet in the 1950s when these "humorously grotesque glove puppets," as described by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), were introduced in TV commercials for Wilkins Coffee . While in a 1978 interview with Time, Henson claimed muppet didn't mean anything and "simply sounded good to him," in a 1959 article he had explained that the word was a blend of puppet and marionette. It might also be a play on moppet , a young girl or a puppet made of cloth. platforming up Henson invented this technique of raising sets 8 to 10 feet so that Muppeteers can stand at full height rather than crouched down (a position which Henson, at six foot plus, must have found uncomfortable). Some more petite Muppeteers apparently wear platform shoes to reach the raised stage. However, when performing with children, as was often the case on Sesame Street, Henson would make an exception . Instead of placing the child at "such a perilous height," he would kneel on the floor beside her and raise the Muppet to meet her eye-to-eye.

puppet switching Puppet switching is switching between hand and full-body Muppets. This technique might be required for scenes involving long-shots of Muppets doing things like roller-skating, as Miss Piggy does when she chases down a mugger in The Muppets Take Manhattan. right-handing You may notice that Rowlf the Dog has two human-like hands (as opposed to hands and arms controlled by rods) and a moving head. How does one Muppeteer work such a Muppet by himself? He doesn't. While one operator works Rowlf's head and left hand, a second Muppeteer is in charge of the right. This is known as right-handing . Right-handing is used in what are called live-hand Muppets like Rowlf the Dog , as well as Fozzie Bear, the Swedish Chef, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Ernie, Cookie Monster, and Count von Count. The first job of Frank Oz , voice of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert, and, by the way, Yoda, was right-handing Rowlf the Dog with Jim Henson.

whatnots In Muppet lingo, whatnots are Muppets with blank heads, on which various eyes, noses, hair, and clothes can be fixed to create extras or miscellaneous characters. On Sesame Street, such Muppets are known as Anything Muppets . The word whatnot first appeared in the the mid-16th century, says the OED, meaning "anything and everything," or "all sorts of things." In 1808, the word came to refer to a kind of furniture with shelves for keeping "various objects," such as ornaments, knickknacks, books, papers, etc. In the early 1960s, whatnot became a euphemism for something the speaker didn't want to name : "By the time I was fourteen I'd been a court witness in an indecent exposure case after an Indian doctor had been caught flashing his whatnot at me." wocka wocka! Wocka wocka! is Fozzie Bear 's catch phrase, usually said right after a (bad) joke.

It seems wocka-wocka has come to refer to any corny joke that falls flat, as used in this 2005 NY Times article : "There [were] countless wocka-wocka one-liners from 20-something stand-up comedians (‘Over here in New Jersey, my wife is giving me a big cold front')." Waka Flocka Flame is an American rapper who often wears a large bejeweled Fozzie pendant when he performs, as one does. Fozzie Bear - 必应 Sign in Fozzie Bear Fozzie Bear is a Muppet character known for his lacking of innate and effective comedy skills. Fozzie is an orange-brown bear who often wears a brown pork pie hat and a red-and-white polka-dot necktie. The character debuted on The Muppet Show, as the show's stand-up comic, a role where he constantly employed his catchphrase, "Wocka Wocka Wocka!". Shortly after telling the joke, he was usually the target of ridicule, particularly from balcony hecklers Statler and Waldorf. Fozzie's characterization was developed by Frank Oz, who performed Fozzie until 2000.

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Hollywood, CA Michael ‘Wacha Wacha!’ acknowledges link to Muppet Fozzie Bear (Video) Michael ‘Wacha Wacha!’ acknowledges link to Muppet Fozzie Bear (Video) David Brown Pin it Share ST. LOUIS — Among fans of Major League Baseball and the St. Louis Cardinals, especially, the buzz for right-hander Michael Wacha began the moment they drafted him in 2012. He was a sharp-looking prospect and all, but that wasn't it. "His name is pronounced how? 'Wocka'? Wocka, wocka!" Just like Fozzie Bear of Muppets fame, who fancied himself a Vaudevillian stand-up comedian. Wacha, Wacha! Approached on Thursday afternoon in advance of the National League Championship Series regarding the relationship his last name has to the No. 3 Muppet after Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, Wacha semi-reluctantly played along. "Yeah, I’ve definitely experienced that," the 22-year-old Wacha said of the "Wacha, Wacha!" thing. "In college ball, going on the road in college. And definitely the last start in Pittsburgh.

I’ve gotten used to it now." Wacha does not sound like he watched "The Muppet Show" growing up. "Didn’t watch 'The Muppets,' not much of it," Wacha said. Not long after John Axford came from the Brewers, the story goes, he teased Wacha by finding a video of Fozzie Bear saying "Wocka, wocka!" and playing it over and over again. It might be fun for fans and select teammates — hey, it's addictive to some of us — but the whole "Wacha, Wacha!" thing seems played out to Wacha himself. "It's just a thing that you have to accept," Wacha said. "It’s something that’s going to happen, so you might as well get used to it." He might even roll his eyes a little whenever somebody does it. "Just a little," Wacha said. What about giving us a "Wacha, Wacha!" yourself, Michael? "Wacha, Wacha," he said, without exclaiming and after hesitating. Hey, he played along. Pretty much.

Wacha seems to take "Wacha, Wacha!" like New York Mets legend Darryl Strawberry, who was confronted with derisive "Dar-ryl, Dar-ryl!" chants — sometimes by his own fans, if memory serves. But "Wacha, Wacha!" said in rapid-fire cadence, should be considered support or encouragement. It's at least neutral. (Really, it's just an excuse to go "Wacha, Wacha!") It's kind of like a nickname, as well. The nicknamed person doesn't really get to pick it. As long as Wacha's public wants to keep "Wacha, Wacha!" alive, it'll happen. And by the looks of how Wacha has pitched so far, the man and his catch phrase are going to be linked for a long time. Wacha gets the start in Game 2 of the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. Even if you don't root for the Cardinals, give him a "Wacha, Wacha!" sometime before the first pitch. It will get you psyched up for the game. And maybe to see "The Muppet Show." The postseason marches on! and check out the BLS Facebook Page .

Reblog Fozzie Bear (The Muppets) The Muppets' Ultimate Picture Gallery Fozzie Bear (The Muppets) Links According to Muppet Wiki, "Fozzie is The Muppet Show's resident comedian. He is an orange, fuzzy Muppet bear wearing a brown hat and a white and pink polka-dotted necktie who tells bad jokes, usually punctuated with his catchphrase, "Wocka wocka wocka!" His monologues consists of him telling simple setup/punchline jokes and performing gimmicks such as ventriloquism or telling jokes on roller-skates, while being heckled by Statler and Waldorf. He also appeared in the recurring Muppet Show sketch Bear on Patrol." Performers: Eric Jacobson (2002-present) Fan site created by Michael Alan Baldasare. The Muppet Show, Muppets, Muppet Characters, Muppet Babies and photos are copyright of the Muppets Studio, LLC. Sesame Street characters and photos are copyright of Sesame Workshop. Fraggle Rock and similar likenesses are copyright of the Jim Henson Company. This is not an official site.

Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays #1| Fozzie Bear Jokes | The Muppets - YouTube Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays #1| Fozzie Bear Jokes | The Muppets Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 15, 2015 What kind of shoes are made from banana skins? Find out Fozzie Bear's punch line on another all new Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays! Have a wocka wocka weekend! Subscribe for all new videos from The Muppets! ► Watch more from Fozzie Bear ► Get ready for “The Muppets” like you’ve never seen them before! Watch the brand new series on Tuesday nights at 8/9p Central, only on ABC! Watch the best moments from the Muppets on ABC! ► Watch more of the best moments, music videos, and laughs from The Muppets!

► Get more from The Muppets! The Muppets Characters Fozzie Bear Besides being Kermit the Frog’s best friend, Fozzie Bear is the world’s funniest—and only— stand-up comedy bear. From his beat-up hat to the “wocka-wocka” that punctuates his punchlines, Fozzie is an “old school” comic. His jokes aren’t always great, but they are always delivered with heart and signature Fozzie the Bear pazazz. A regular on “The Muppet Show,” Fozzie Bear is always willing to lend a hand - or a bad joke - to his Muppets friends, like Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Rowlf the Dog. Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays Fozzie’s Bear-ly Funny Fridays, also known as “Jokes With Fozzie”, is a series of Muppets videos combining stand up comedy and deadpan humor, featuring the one and only Fozzie Bear. Fozzie “wocka wocka”s the crowd with a barrage of terrible jokes and bad puns.

These awful Fozzie Bear jokes occasionally welcome other Muppet characters as guests, like Bobo the Bear and Beauregard. Close your week with some bad jokes featuring the Muppets’ favorite stand up comic. Welcome to the Official YouTube channel for The Muppets! This channel is home to your beloved group of Muppet friends: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Beaker, the Swedish Chef and more! Subscribe for some of your favorite and best film and television clips from The Muppets, as well as music covers and brand new comedy sketches. Check out exclusive Muppet parodies, Muppet music videos, Muppet song covers, comedy sketches, and more! Join in the fun with original Muppet comedy shows, TV promos, and charity PSAs. Tune into the all new the Muppet show, “The Muppets” on Tuesday nights at 8|7c on ABC. Category Fozzie Bear | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia “Wocka wocka!” ―Fozzie Bear's catchphrase Fozzie Bear is a Muppet bear comedian. He is the best friend of Kermit the Frog .

Throughout the Muppet Show , Fozzie was known to have told jokes and punctuate them with his catchphrase "Wocka wocka wocka!" only to have them heckled by his mother's old friends Statler and Waldorf . He is also the son of Emily Bear and Mr. Bear. Even in his young days, Fozzie wanted to be a comedian. On frequent occasions, Fozzie teamed with Rowlf the Dog . Fozzie draws the Disney Channel logo. During the first season of the Muppet Show , Fozzie's monologues usually consisted of Fozzie telling simple setup/punchline jokes, while being heckled by Statler and Waldorf . After the first season, most of his monologues relied on gimmicks such as telling jokes on roller skates. A common schtick in many episodes is that Fozzie would attempt to imitate the guest star's most famous act in an attempt to emulate their success, only to comically fail completely at that attempt. For instance, Bergen Edgar Bergen inspired him to try ventriloquism while stage magician Doug Henning inadvertently convinced Fozzie to try his hand at being a magician.

In Jim Henson: The Works , Christopher Finch wrote: "One of the biggest problems [with the first season] was with Fozzie Bear. Fozzie was crucial to The Muppet Show because he was conceived as Frank Oz's main character and the success of the show would depend on to a significant degree on Frank having the opportunity to display the full range of his virtuoso performance and comedic skills. "It was logical to have a comedian as a primary character on The Muppet Show, particularly once The Muppet Theater had been established as its basic setting. And given the spirit of the Muppets, it was almost inevitable that he would be a bad comedian. The problem with Fozzie was that his bad jokes and failure to win over an audience provoked more embarrassment than sympathy. For instance, in episode 122 , Fozzie gets so fed up with the heckling that he demands everyone but true Fozzie fans leave the auditorium. As a result, the seats are left completely empty; even Fozzie's own cousin leaves; Fozzie departs the stage almost in tears. " Jerry Juhl and Frank Oz gradually transformed Fozzie by building up the positive aspects of his personality.

They allowed his perpetual optimism to offset his onstage failures until he became a more rounded character. Fozzie's virtues ultimately made his ineptness acceptable—and even endearing. So successful was this metamorphosis that he became one of the most popular of all the Muppets." As Brian Henson notes in a generic Muppet Show introduction , "Fozzie is always telling terrible jokes, but he's just trying so hard you've got to love him." Contents [ show ] Early life As an infant, like many of the Muppets, Fozzie was under the care of Nanny (as seen in Muppet Babies ). Fozzie's mother, however, kept some early home videos of Fozzie and the other Muppets, as shown in A Muppet Family Christmas . As a kid , Fozzie was raised by his mom and dad , along with his baby brother Freddie . Fozzie grew up right next door to his best friend Kermit and often spent time with his grandpa . Even as a baby, Fozzie always had an interest in becoming a comedian. Fozzie remarked at the 2009 D23 Expo that he understudied at the Country Bear Jamboree .

Fozzie became a stand-up comic at the El Sleezo Cafe , where Kermit invited him to come to Hollywood to become famous. Fozzie took his uncle's car, which was left to him while his uncle hibernated, and the pair set out for California. However, if Fozzie had never met Kermit , he would have ended up becoming a skilled pick-pocket (so good that he could pick the pocket of someone without pants). However, according to The Great Muppet Caper , Fozzie and Kermit are identical twin brothers and share the same father . Fozzie and Kermit Fozzie and his pal Kermit. Since the early days of The Muppet Show, Fozzie has often interacted with Kermit. Fozzie got Kermit to reluctantly assist him for one of his best-known monologs, "Good Grief! The Comedian's a Bear!" and also had quite a bit of interaction with Kermit backstage. The two have since been best friends.

In episode 115 , Fozzie constantly annoyed Kermit with a running gag, delivering a number of pun items, such as a "wire" and a "letter" for Kermit the Frog which turned out to be a clothes wire and the letter R , respectively. In episode 114 , Fozzie performed the supposedly famous "Banana Sketch." When Kermit confessed that he didn't know what "The Banana Sketch" was, the cast and guest star Duncan Sandy Duncan teased him for his ignorance. Kermit and Fozzie have also frequently been paired together in countless movies, books, and specials. In Muppet Movie The Muppet Movie , Fozzie was the first Muppet Kermit met on his journey. After Fozzie's unsuccessful comedy performance at the El Sleezo Cafe , Kermit invited Fozzie to come to Hollywood with him. The two friends sang the duet " Movin' Right Along " in the same film.

Fozzie and Rowlf Fozzie was also frequently teamed up with the Dog Rowlf , beginning in episode 101 of The Muppet Show, in which Fozzie played a bandit opposite Rowlf's saloon piano playing hero in the Western sketch " Cowboy Time ." Fozzie also appeared as a patient in two Veterinarian's Hospital sketches, in which Rowlf starred as Dr. Bob . In episode 218 , Rowlf learned that Fozzie could play the piano (a talent Fozzie didn't know he had, either), and they played a duet of " English Country Garden ." Rowlf has also played back-up to Fozzie's renditions of " Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life For Me) " and " I Got Rhythm ." During the latter number, Rowlf attempted to help Fozzie with his singing. The young incarnations of Fozzie and Rowlf were also frequently paired together on Muppet Babies .

Working For Fozzie Fozzie's agent, introduced in episode 122 of The Muppet Show, is Irving Bizarre, who is so short that his top hat covers most of his body. Fozzie also has a hired writer, Gags Beasley , who was first mentioned in Episode 114. Fozzie and Gags have a deal, whereby Fozzie pays his writer by the laugh. According to Frank Oz, "[Fozzie] can't afford good joke writers, and he can't write good jokes himself." Other Talents Although Fozzie's main job on The Muppet Show is to be the stand-up comedian, he takes on the occasional dramatic role and often assists backstage. He appears in sketches with guest stars Avery Schreiber and Nancy Walker and he also appears in the recurring sketch Bear on Patrol . In episode 201 , Kermit let Fozzie help plan the show. His abilities in doing so earned him the title of "Honorary Hip Dude" from the Electric Mayhem band. Sadly, his planning also later lost him that title.

Then, when Kermit becomes sick in episode 206 , Fozzie is put in charge of hosting the show, which proves quite taxing for the bear. Fozzie had also made an attempt to write for the show in episode 314 when he decided that the show needed a script. Unfortunately, Fozzie is either a bad speller or a bad typist (or both), as Kermit found it difficult to read the introductions that Fozzie wrote for him. Fozzie later admitted that he was a bad speller when he wrote the word "Muffets" as part of the title card for The Muppets Go to the Movies . The Muppet Movie Fozzie first performed at El Sleezo Cafe in front of a booing crowd. Kermit helps Fozzie entertain the crowd by dancing. After a fight, Kermit invites Fozzie to come to Hollywood. The frog and bear took Fozzie's Studebaker and head out to Hollywood. They were stopped by Doc Hopper who offers Kermit a deal at being a commercial for his frog legs and Kermit refuses and they drive off.

Kermit and Fozzie stopped at an old church, where they meet Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem and Scooter . They helped the pair by painting the Studebaker so Doc Hopper won't recognize them and it worked. Later, Kermit and Fozzie ran into Gonzo and his chicken girlfriend Camilla who were going to Bombay, India to become movie stars, which is the wrong way. The group stopped at Mad Man Mooney's (Milton Berle) Hubcap Heaven for a new car and continued their journey, not knowing that Sweetums wanted to come with them. They stopped at a county fair where they meet Miss Piggy , who lay eyes on Kermit. A while on the road, after Rowlf joined the group, their car broke down and they are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, Dr. Teeth, the Electric Mayhem, and Scooter arrived and gave them a ride on their bus. The gang stopped at an old ghost town, where they meet Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker and Kermit had a showdown with Doc Hopper.

Just as his men were about to killed them, they were scared by a large Animal who ate Bunsen's instant grow pills. The Muppets finally made to Hollywood and Lew Lorde prepared the "standard rich and famous contract for Kermit the Frog and company". They made the movie of how this happened before. After the chaos, Kermit sees the rainbow connection and the Muppets' dreams have come true. Later Appearances Fozzie Bear hosted a recurring segment on Little Muppet Monsters called "Fozzie's Comedy Corner", in which he discussed certain jokes, mainly those involving chickens. He was also in The Muppets Take Manhattan which is owned by Sony Pictures . Fozzie Bear only appeared in a handful of episodes of The Jim Henson Hour . One of his most notable appearances was in the Monster Telethon episode, in which Fozzie decided to give up comedy and become a weather bear. He went to the set of The Today Show to get some tips from the show's weatherman, Willard Scott , only to inadvertently lock Scott in a closet. With Scott locked in the closet, Fozzie came on-stage to report the weather, but had trouble reporting and went back to comedy.

During the early 1990s, Fozzie appeared less frequently, usually in supporting roles and often wearing a wig. In Muppet Christmas Carol The Muppet Christmas Carol , he made a cameo appearance as Scrooge 's employer Fozziwig . Shortly afterward, he appeared in one sketch in Muppet Classic Theater , portraying the title character in The Emperor's New Clothes. In Treasure Island Muppet Treasure Island , he had a more substantial role as Squire Trelawney , who financed the voyage and hired the crew, based on Long John Silver 's suggestions. In this movie, Fozzie's character referred to and often spoke to a tiny man named Mr. Bimbo , who lived inside his finger. Fozzie made an appearance in Muppets from Space which is also owned by Sony Pictures. On Tonight Muppets Tonight , Fozzie made quite a few appearances, but was less integral to the series, with most of his appearances being in sketch roles.

He appeared with Kermit and Billy Crystal in a sketch called City Schtickers, with John Goodman and Miss Piggy in a Honeymooners parody called The Lunar Mooners and in a recurring sketch called EIEIO-R , portraying a doctor who told jokes, similar to Rowlf's role as Dr. Bob . Fozzie's only backstage appearances were in episode 109 , in which he watched one of Whoopi Goldberg's acts and wrote down some of her jokes, and in episode 204 where he helped cheer up guest star Pierce Brosnan . Back in the Spotlight Fozzie became more of a major character again in Muppets from Space . He was part of the main cast and was the one who drove the Electric Mayhem Bus. He also got to work with Kermit again, reviving a pairing which had been absent for most of the 1990's. He was also a major presence in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie , which was Eric Jacobson's first major performance as Fozzie.

Unlike many of his 1990's appearances, in which Fozzie was written as a rather dim-witted bear, he was depicted as more intelligent again, with humor coming from his devotion to the other Muppets. When the King Prawn Pepe the King Prawn revealed that Rachel Bitterman changed the contract for payment of The Muppet Theater, Fozzie chose to cancel his big Christmas monolog in order to hand-deliver a payment in an attempt to save the theater. Later in the film, when Kermit saw what life would have been like if he hadn't been born, it was revealed that the Fozzie Bear of the Kermit-free world would've become a pickpocket. Shortly afterward, Fozzie would have a major role as The Cowardly Lion in Muppets' Wizard of Oz The Muppets Wizard of Oz and he got his own track, " North Pole Comedy Club ", in the album A Green and Red Christmas . Fozzie is a main character in the Muppets (film) Muppets , the new Muppet movie released in theaters November 23, 2011.

Performing Fozzie In the 2 pilot episodes of the Muppet Show, Fozzie had a mechanism which allowed his cheeks to move. During the remainder of the first season, Fozzie was a bit more plump and had ears that wiggled. When Fozzie was rebuilt for the second season of the Muppet Show; he was given a brighter orange hue, a tighter overall design and a less "dopey" appearance. A special mechanism allowed his eyebrows to move, but that effect was barely noticeable, especially when he wore his hat. This eyebrow feature was removed when he was replaced with yet another puppet, just seven episodes into the second season. Trivia Fozzie was named after puppet builder Faz Fazakas , who created the mechanism that allowed Fozzie to wiggle his ears. His film appearances in The Muppets Take Manhattan and Muppets from Space are both owned by Sony Pictures . Gallery The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Fozzie Bear .

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Question: “Wocka Wocka Wocka” was the catchphrase of the Muppet Fozzie, who was what kind of animal?
Answer: A bear